River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-16
IN The EAST.

According to a statement made 10 a
reporter OF the associated press 10y an
enploye Of the Havemeyer Sugar Refining
company. the losses of the great fire OF
SATURDAY morning are nearer S3,U4I.WU
than 81 usN.ut0. re said there were 4,UN,-
0o1 pounds Of liquid material worth SlsuWO,
and 4a.uui barrels OF sugar Of various
grades worth az least $4,000, l6.CU0 bags
Of houe=black worth Sl5.t ut. machinery and
boilers which cannot De replaced fuT much
less than Sluu.gU}- furniture. fixtures and
supplies costing about s25.taN, besides the
building, valued ut Shu00N". IN al about
Sl.151.uai. 10 j. also stated that tie build
iuy aud contents were covered iy iusurauc.
10 a fair percentage of their value
The Saratoga express on the Fitch
burg road going west met with a serious &c
cideut az P1vnal station. y T., az go Tues
dav night. The two rear ears, which were
occupied by Phillips eXcursiOuists euroute
To California, We're thrown from the track
bV the zprugiug Of switch and toppled
over on one side. Five of the party were
most seriously and probably fatally injured
suffering skull fractures cuts upon the
head broken ribs etc. 4 half dozen Others
we're moro or less bruised. The party
numbered if.E. They viii not complete
the trip.
4 water-cloud burst upon the town
Of Nanticoks. Pa, Thursday afternoon
flooding the place with water from one to
three feet The water rushed into No. 1
slope Of the Sisqgebanua Coal company,
causing tho miners 70 rush for their lives to
the escape. Water filed the boiler houses
Of the company, quonching tho fires and
suspendinr ali work in toe mines One
house was undermined and fell buTying in
the ruins en- old man, who was fatally in
iured. TIE loss VIII be over $4,000.
Trenton. \. T.. and zicinity have
been infested for the past week by aninsect,
a description az which agrees fully with a
species IF canfharidcs. or Spanish hy- rs
given II the United States disfensary. The
insects come III perfect swaIms and they
rot onlv devour vegetation with avidity.
hut their devastating power upon the hu-
man body s equal fully 81 cantharides.
SALLY s thousand people IL renton are at
present nsrslag blsstefs caused ~ this in
sect.
Warren sherman. aged tify-tiye
vears. 4 Onesiia. \. y. inventor Of an au-
tomatle railroad signal, was run down by a
train a. Utica. y. Y, on the 18th, and his
head eut on Conductor Blackburn. who
was III. st arze OF a freight train. with others
was examining one Of the inventions at the
time Biackburn's left leg was cut OF at
lhe knee. and he is IN a critical condition.
Aherman's signal has just been adopted by
thc company.
The bail movement in coffee at New
York. IN progress for nearly a year, met
nith collapse on the i3ta, causing several
failures ON thar side 81 the market. 3. q.
Arnold 81 co. tire largest operators on that
side 81 she usarket went short about Sl,so0,-
lss3 and other houses Tor less amounts. s-e0.-
ESQ being the next in sange. The drop v bich
began 81 the 1elh reached o. cents on the
18th. which VAS fhesEht 70 be ths bottom.
Thirsr peoplc vsre poisoned one day
last ssssk az I.ec,,ester, y. Y, from eating